2020
Cutaneous Fusariosis in a Patient with Job’s (Hyper‐IgE) Syndrome
Altibi A, Sheth R, Battisha A, Kak V. Cutaneous Fusariosis in a Patient with Job’s (Hyper‐IgE) Syndrome. Case Reports In Infectious Diseases 2020, 2020: 3091806. PMID: 32607263, PMCID: PMC7315260, DOI: 10.1155/2020/3091806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHyper-IgE syndromeInvasive fungal infectionsDiagnosis of hyper-IgE syndromePresence of cutaneous manifestationsPositive wound culturesAntifungal choiceFilamentous fungiAntifungal therapyFungal infectionsSystemic antifungalsImmunocompromised hostsOpportunistic infectionsRecurrent infectionsSurgical debridementWound culturesPunch biopsyCutaneous manifestationsFavorable outcomeAntimicrobial treatmentFusariosisWound debridementRisk factorsPatientsMultimodal approachInfection
2017
Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report
Huong N, Altibi A, Hoa N, Tuan L, Salman S, Morsy S, Lien N, Truong N, Mai N, Hoa P, Thang N, Trung V. Progressive cutaneous Cryptococcosis complicated with meningitis in a myasthenia gravis patient on long-term immunosuppressive therapy – a case report. BMC Infectious Diseases 2017, 17: 311. PMID: 28446137, PMCID: PMC5406963, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2415-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term immunosuppressive therapyImmunosuppressive therapyCutaneous cryptococcosisMyasthenia gravisCutaneous manifestations of cryptococcosisDifferential diagnosis of cutaneous lesionsAssociated with myasthenia gravisDiagnosis of cutaneous lesionsHIV-uninfected individualsManifestation of cryptococcosisChronic immunosuppressive therapyHIV-infected individualsProgressive skin lesionsDevelopment of cryptococcosisMyasthenia gravis patientsCD4 countCryptococcal meningitisDisseminated diseaseCase presentationWeOpportunistic infectionsMonth historyVietnamese male patientMale patientsCutaneous manifestationsDifferential diagnosis